Umekawa Surname
Approximately 5,201 people bear this surname
Umekawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 5,148 | 1:24,834 | 2,607 |
| Brazil | 47 | 1:4,554,773 | 120,089 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
Umekawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Umekawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Umekawa occurs most in Japan. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Umekawa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Umekawa? popularity and diffusion
Umekawa is the 91,958th most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 1,401,182 people. The surname Umekawa occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Umekawa are found; 99 percent are found in East Asia and 99 percent are found in Nippono-Asia.
The last name Umekawa is most commonly used in Japan, where it is held by 5,148 people, or 1 in 24,834. In Japan it is most prevalent in: Osaka Prefecture, where 25 percent are found, Tokyo Metropolis, where 9 percent are found and Niigata Prefecture, where 8 percent are found. Excluding Japan Umekawa occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 1 percent are found and The Philippines, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Umikawa | 86 | 922 | / |
| Umakawa | 86 | 124 | / |
| Umekava | 86 | 5 | / |
| Imekawa | 86 | 2 | / |
| Himekawa | 80 | 26 | / |
| Imokawa | 71 | 1,406 | / |
| Omikawa | 71 | 473 | / |
| Imakawa | 71 | 161 | / |
| Umekova | 71 | 7 | / |
| Umecava | 71 | 1 | / |
| Umekeeva | 67 | 17 | / |
| Umekaibe | 67 | 8 | / |
| Umakaeva | 67 | 3 | / |
| Umekhova | 67 | 1 | / |
| Imekova | 57 | 157 | / |
| Umakova | 57 | 35 | / |
| Omekova | 57 | 16 | / |
| Umikova | 57 | 6 | / |
| Imakowa | 57 | 2 | / |
| Imakava | 57 | 1 | / |
| Umokova | 57 | 1 | / |
| Imakaeva | 53 | 254 | / |
| Umakeeva | 53 | 63 | / |
| Umyskova | 53 | 59 | / |
| Aumakova | 53 | 17 | / |
| Imekeeva | 53 | 15 | / |
| Umykhova | 53 | 3 | / |
| Humakova | 53 | 1 | / |
| Omuikowa | 53 | 1 | / |
| Imhakhawo | 50 | 26 | / |
| Homeacova | 50 | 14 | / |
| Umakhaeva | 50 | 1 | / |
| Hummakova | 50 | 1 | / |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Umekawa
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